- Chameleon bootloader for windows and ubuntu mac os x#
- Chameleon bootloader for windows and ubuntu mac osx#
Not to mention that Chameleon's interface is much prettier than GRUB.
Chameleon bootloader for windows and ubuntu mac osx#
Install the Linux boot-loader on the same partition that you're installing Linux! Chameleon has been tweaked to work with the hacked Mac OSX kernel so you need to keep it. Remember to give yourself some swap space, about 1gb will do (if you're bothered). Select the partition or empty space which you want to install Linux on and set it to one of the formats that rEFIt supports (such as ext3, since rEFIt won't be able to detect ext4). Leave EFI and Mac OSX partitions alone!. When you get up to the screen where you select which partition you want to put Linux on, make sure you choose manually! If you don't have an optical drive, prepare Linux on a USB drive. Installing Linuxĭepending on the distro you're installing, this may vary a little but the usual steps are still the same. You should still see Chameleon as your boot loader and be able to get back into Mac OSX without any problems. Tick " rEFIt File System Drivers" (so it knows about Linux formats ext2, ext3 and ReiserFS). To install rEFIt, download the package and mount it. rEFIt tweaks this a little and installs some extra stuff so it knows about other partitions such as Linux and Windows. 
Chameleon bootloader for windows and ubuntu mac os x#
Since Mac OS X uses an EFI file system to direct its boot loader. This was done on my Asus EEE PC 1005HA running Mac OSX but I'm assuming it's possible on pretty much any machine with a similar setup using Chameleon 2.īefore doing this, MAKE A BACKUP OF YOUR COMPUTER! I take no responsibility for any accidents (and Billy Jean is not my lover!)
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